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Old 21-06-11, 05:28
Bob Phillips Bob Phillips is offline
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Just a couple of comments about the old snow beast - I recall reading that three were built as protypes. This one has been tarped over for 25 years and I go religously every year and retarp it- consequently the top is all clean polished aluminium, paint all nicely cleaned off - below decks little evidence of serious corrosion except where water dripped through a window and rotted out some of the plywood. It is all aluminium below decks, the only serious piece of steel being the skid plate mounted out front ( sort of a belly pan ) and the two panels with dents are all flat alumimium so even an all thumbs gut should be able to cut and pop rivet new skin on. But yes - it is a big project.
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